The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-25
CHIR0P0DISTS.
THE TREATMENT THEY GIVE FOR
CORNS AND BUNlONS.

CORNS AND BUNIONS.
A Chat with One of the Corn Curing Fra
ternity-VaIuable Information for sUf-
ferers-Two Varieties of COrns, Soft and
Hard-Treatment.
Chiropodists have of late years become
necessary to residents of cities 1t is but
recently that the art has been taught IN
the medical colleges. Unlike dentistry
the student is not obliged to pass an ex-
animation III anatomy but can simply
bring his mind exclusively to bear on
learning how to treat and care for the
feet Formerly Brooklynites were COM
PEELED te patroniZe New York chlropo-
dists or else attend to their own pedal eX-
tIemities Within a few years past, now
ever. q dozen or more individuals who
make q speciality of wrestling with nara
sheIled corns or alternating the suferlngS
of those who have big or little bunlohS,
have sionifed their readiness to attend to
suffering residents. L called
-....-. the office of a local chiropodlst
and r. him busily engaged IN com
1uunE-. mixture, which he guarantees
"a. -ur. - .. manner of diseases of the feet.
aaa-
IEF CAUSES OF CORNs.
.|u- ri chief causes OF cornS; Dun
Egr. e.- tight shoes. The majority OF
my en- .-aur. 8 are ladies. Corns come in
two v-r... soft and hard. The soft
corn - Torn. d by the acid perspiratiOn or
-sa feet GU. irst appears in the shape of
white nIt-.. whose edges easily peel of.
Tsdie. rH. wear shoes large enough for
them --f#.-. if ever, suffer with cOrns.
Etgur. or D.. ort shoes cause cOrns to form
easily. / nave frequently known cases
where a soft corn would affect the whole
foot and ankle. l have many patients
who have corns which have festered into
the bone. BuDiOns areOften mistaken Tor
hard corns bunion forms usually on
the side Of the foot or between the toes. IL
bunion is nothing more or less than
strained Joint caused by q short or mar
row shoe French heeled boots and shoes
have been the cause Of untold misery to
ladies, and l have noticed since the com
mon sense shoe has become fashionable,
the wearers of them have had fewer cOrns.
Narrow dancing pumps are also very lnJu-
rious to the feet Operations on fbrous
and nerve corns are extremely difficult
"At what age does a corn begin to
grow"
81 have known children whose mothers
would insist upon having them wear
tight shoes to have cOrns at the age of
years Many children have ingrowing
nails and are suffering from corns."
Talking about manicures my informant
said
manicure is a new innovation and is
ow practiced by all chfropodists. The
.1Ost expert Ecanicures are young girls,
Tho have been thoroughly drilled in the
business. 1t is now the custom to engage
young women to do this work, and the
paring and identifying of nails is usually
-erformed amid elegant surroundings. In
Co.
ave their nails polished twice a week"
EXPLAINING THE METHODS.
The doctor with whom talked, ex-
Iained the methods used in treating bun
ms, which may be of service to all who
erform their own chiropothy. First. the
union is sOftened with a camePs hair
rush TO destroy soreness, and then the
ard calIous is removed by means of a
ouble edged knife. At this point in the
peration the fibers of the buniOn are
lied and large ring of lambs wool ap-
lied. From appearances it would denote
hat the covering of lambs wool would
nake it impossible to get on the shoe. The
alter, however, easily slips on and the
atient walks with comparative freedom
Double edged knives. and scissors, large
md small, are used BY chropodists in
heir work.
Il have extracted twenty-five cOrns
rom both feet OF one lady," continued
ny informant. Large shoes have the
anne effect as small ones. One to be per-
ectly free from COrns must wear neat
lifting shoe which must be neither too
mall nor too large. Ingrowing nails are
Iifficult to treat, and are always accom-
panied with fungus growth or proud flesh.
Large or big toes often have ingrOwing
nails. Disease of the sweat glands or per
spring feet, which emit an acid smell,
can be cured, but the treatment must be
both internal and local. The disease of
the sweat glands originates In a disOrd-
cred system, or in weak and diseased
organic functions In the disease men
toned great care should be used in the
style of the hose worn. Only the cheap
lines of hosiery have seams on the sides.
These should be av oided and only socks
worn which have seams in the bottom
az. +. Tin Brooklyn Eagle.